Audience at Serbian Patriarchate – 19 November 2012

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriach, received in audience yesterday, on 19 November 2012 at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade Mr. Mileta Radojevic, director of the Office for Cooperation with Traditional Churches and Religious Communities of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Milorad Grcic, director of the Mining Basin “Kolubara”. 

Metropolitan Hilarion in Banja Luka

His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev of Volokolamsk on 16 November 2012 , with the blessing of His Holiness Irinej, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia,  arrived in an official visit to the Republic of Srpska. At the Banjaluka Airport the high guest and his delegation were welcomed by: His Grace Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka, Mr. Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in BiH, as well as representatives of the state authorities of the Republic of Srpska.

Memorial Service for Victims of Criminal Military Action “Storm”

In St. Mark’s church Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the memorial service for the suffered in the military action “Storm”.

Liturgical gathering in Cathedral church

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated today, on 18 November 2012, the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and His Grace Bishop Antonije of Moravica. 

Consecration of Russian Cemetary in Belgrade

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, along with His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the chief of the Office of Inter-Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, consecrated today, on 17 November 2012, the Russian Cemetary in front of the Iver chapel at the New Cemetary in Belgrade. His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Their Graces Bishops: Irinej of Backa and Antonije of Moravica also were present at the consecration. 

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits Serbian Orthodox Church

His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Department for inter-church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, invited by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej and with the blessing of His Holiness Irinej of Moscow and All Russia, is coming today, on 16 November 2012, in a three-day visit to the Serbian Orthodox Church. During the his stay in Belgrade he will meet separately with Mr. Tomislav Nikolic, the President of the Republic of Serbia; Mr. Ivica Dacic, the Serbian Prime Minister, and Mr. Milorad Dodik, the President of the Republic of Srpska.

Metropolitan Hilarion will consecrate on Saturday, 17 November 2012, the restored chapel of Iver and the Russian necropolis at the New cemetery in Belgrade, while on Sunday, 18 November 2012, will concelebrate the Serbian Patriarch at the Divine Liturgy in Belgrade’s Cathedral church.